Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bruce Goff was an eclectic mid-century architect who did kind of oddball things.

This type of architecture was quintessentially Californian in an era when businesses and architects were experimenting with forms that would respond to the automobile.

What OPES is trying to do is standardize one of the plugs that fits into the overall Web architecture.

What operators should be doing ?- and what the standards bodies working in this area are encouraging them to do ?- is to create a policy architecture : a unified framework that embraces all the layers of policy needed in their organization.

We found these issues and we made them public, so I don't know what kind of cover-up others are talking about, ... And in a Congressional hearing the principal architect of the e-mails testified under oath that he falsified no information (about the mountain or its safety).

We want to encourage third-party developers who will take the architecture and modify the design to suit specific markets.

We want to ... create a building that reflects the architecture of the city and the hospital's faith-based heritage.

We want to . . . create a building that reflects the architecture of the city and the hospital's faith-based heritage.

We had architects and people from other universities come here to look at our building. This was built during the energy crisis of the '70s so it was good. Now we are spending millions of dollars to undo what we once won awards for.

We wanted it very much to fit in with the look, feel and architecture of the community.

We already have architect drawings and are in the process of raising $8 to $10 million to make the expansion happen.

We're taking the best of Woodland's historical architecture and putting it in.

To see the project develop and take on the shape made you understand what the architect was trying to achieve, ... When the construction fence came down and people saw the new sidewalks, the lawn and all the white rose bushes it brought in a totally new look.

To me, architecture is an art, naturally, and it isn't architecture unless it's alive. Alive is what art is. If it's not alive, it's dead, and it's not art.

It would be so great if we could find some kind of a sky hook and pick up these gorgeous buildings and put them in Dallas, where they are needed.

The starting point for the master bedroom was the architecture. We reorganized the whole space, and we knew that we were going to paint the woodwork in that room pink, which is quite unusual, but if you go back to the 18th century, they actually did that.

I've been involved in the construction of several theaters around the country, but this is the first time I've even seen architects and builders so extraordinarily receptive and responsive to the needs of the theater and theater artists. They have really kept their eye on the ball and are treating this as a space specifically to make plays.

Gregory Colbert

The works themselves can't be separate from the architecture or the music or the films. When you walk into the building, you're literally inside the work of art itself.

Philip Johnson

The sale of the painting is a disservice to artists, to art, to architecture, to the architecture profession and to the public,

Jeff Martin

We hired the same architect specifically because they were doing the Cannery project, and the hope was that this project would link Monterey Street to the Cannery District. The city really felt strongly that linking the areas is really important - it will bring all those residents and workers downtown.

The technology industry is unique in being able to effect social, political and economic progress on a global basis. We take that responsibility, and our partners in innovation around the world, very seriously -- that's why we're proud to provide the computing power needed for Architecture for Humanity to help improve living conditions for so many people.

The threats to our architecture have surpassed the giant ape. Airplanes with jet fuel were far more dangerous than any primate, however big.

Casey Wilson

I've met architects before, and they're not living the life we see on TV.

Toyo Ito

We have to base architecture on the environment.

Peter Zumthor

Architecture is not about form

Chandeliers are marvels of drop-dead showiness, the jewellery of architecture.

Moshe Safdie

Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.

Moshe Safdie

We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation

Moshe Safdie

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

Walt Whitman

When the materials are ready, the architects shall appear.

Samuel Johnson

To build is to be robbed.

Twyla Tharp

I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.

Who is the architect? I am the architect.